This initiative undertaken by the National Rural Health Mission is to provide equitable, affordable and quality health care to the poor in rural areas of India.

The NHRM is implemented through decentralized administration in which local bodies initiated in designing and implementation of health schemes according to the needs of the people.

It is locally popular and effective as the community participated in the process of both planning and implementation. It has been observed that community participation facilitates accountability to the key providers and speeds up the delivery system to the service providers.

This project has strengthened the entrepreneurial energy of the local people, strengthened democracy and raised consciousness for a healthy community.